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...can’t help but wonder why there is such a difference in the wide world of sports fans. In 2007, the Harvard softball team struggled to get fans out to our games. It took the hosting of the first Ivy League Championship Series to really see some outside interest. The following year, the league decided to rework the softball and baseball schedules so both teams would play at home at the same time. This greatly benefited the softball team, as we were able to lure Harvard baseball fans—there seemed to always be an abundance...
...don’t hate men’s sports, but I do hate the game of gender appeal differences in sports. We’ve tried dozens of initiatives to change this point of view. Title IX. Establishing the WNBA. Putting the Women’s College World Series on ESPN. Still, the stigma lives on. Most people I have talked to have told me they had no idea what a fast-paced and exciting sport softball was until they saw a college game...
...Shapiro’s appointment to the chairmanship of the SEC, I simply said that she was the sergeant at the donut shop while Bernard "Bernie" L. Madoff absconded with old ladies’ pensions. She’s another card in an old deck of the dysfunctional world of financial regulatory oversight. If I sound cynical, it’s because I have been around Wall Street and the financial-services business for over 35 years. And nothing ever changes...
...couple is to be married on July 10 in Wellesley, Mass., half a world away from the garden where the engagement began, but only minutes from the town of Natick, where Silvestri and Pope met for the first time, as freshmen in high school. The first date was the following year—a group trip to go see a movie. He offered to pay for her ticket, she held his hand...
...fact, just a few years ago we had a T-shirt contest and the winning slogan was, ‘Social Studies: changing the world in 30,000 words or less,’” said Bernstein, referring to the maximum length of a Social Studies thesis. “We are dedicated first and foremost to inquiry and the passion to understand the world and engage with...